The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, December 16, 1963
Waxing Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
5:46 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 507
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Dec 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.4° / 165.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -22.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.82° / 0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / -0.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.19° / 0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.